There is a critically important difference between facial age estimation and facial recognition. For facial age estimation, there is no need – or indeed any legal basis – to retain a copy of the image that is analysed to estimate your age. So you supply a...
Even before the internet, children could get hold of pornographic magazines, or even find an adult video hidden at home. The differences with online porn are that it is currently much more easily accessible, available in vast quantities, is often more hard core and...
If we rely on parent’s to supervise children 100% of the time they are online, that will severely restrict a child’s right to the opportunities to learn and explore online. In the real world, we do not expect a parent to accompany a child every time they...
Generally, the law (at least in the UK) does not give parents an option to override age-restrictons relating to children accessing pornography. In practice, parents are able to show their children adult material that the parent has accessed; but parents may risk the...
AVPA Members sign up to a Code of Conduct which addresses key requirements trading standards officers would wish to see from suppliers of online age verification services: Fairness and Transparency Use of appropriate verification methods Security and Privacy Accuracy...
